linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] mm: introduce compaction and migration for virtio ballooned pages

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Date:	Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:52:27 +0300
From:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:	Rafael Aquini <aquini@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/4] mm: introduce compaction and migration for virtio
 ballooned pages

On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 02:44:05PM -0300, Rafael Aquini wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:26:19AM +0300, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> > > +static inline bool movable_balloon_page(struct page *page)
> > > +{
> > > +	return (page->mapping && page->mapping == balloon_mapping);
> > 
> > I am guessing this needs smp_read_barrier_depends, and maybe
> > ACCESS_ONCE ...
> > 
> 
> I'm curious about your guessing here. Could you ellaborate it further, please?

well balloon_mapping can change dynamically.


I think actually rcu is a good fit here.

> 
> > > +#else
> > > +static inline bool isolate_balloon_page(struct page *page) { return false; }
> > > +static inline void putback_balloon_page(struct page *page) { return false; }
> > > +static inline bool movable_balloon_page(struct page *page) { return false; }
> > > +#endif /* (VIRTIO_BALLOON || VIRTIO_BALLOON_MODULE) && CONFIG_COMPACTION */
> > > +
> > 
> > This does mean that only one type of balloon is useable at a time.
> > I wonder whether using a flag in address_space structure instead
> > is possible ...
> 
> This means we are only introducing this feature for virtio_balloon by now.
> Despite the flagging address_space stuff is something we surely can look in the
> future, I quite didn't get how we could be using two different types of balloon
> devices at the same time for the same system. Could you ellaborate it a little
> more, please?
> 
> 
> > > +/* __isolate_lru_page() counterpart for a ballooned page */
> > > +bool isolate_balloon_page(struct page *page)
> > > +{
> > > +	if (WARN_ON(!movable_balloon_page(page)))
> > 
> > Looks like this actually can happen if the page is leaked
> > between previous movable_balloon_page and here.
> > 
> > > +		return false;
> 
> Yes, it surely can happen, and it does not harm to catch it here, print a warn and
> return. While testing it, I wasn't lucky to see this small window opening, though.
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